Transparent panel

[Erick]

You can use SXdirectFB from here:http://julius.solutions-i.org.  Haven't
used it personally, but the screenshots look nice.

On Wed, 2004-06-09 at 11:55, Stephen Kuhn wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-06-10 at 02:47, Jonathan Gardner wrote:
> 
> > Of course not, nobody suggested that pretty stuff got
> > work done. Then again. I'm sitting here in my
> > company's brand new building and notice that the
> > pillars in the different wings are painted different
> > colors? Why? That doesn't get work done. The carpet is
> > a weird sort of swirly pattern, that certainly doesn't
> > get work done. Why carpet at all for that matter? Why
> > give this building any of the odd "pretty" flourishes
> > it has. None of that get's work done. We should have
> > just built a cinderblock box big enough to hold
> > everybody and their belongings. 
> > The thing is, people are more productive when things
> > are asthetically pleasing. Now people's tastes vary so
> > what's pretty to one may be hideous to another.
> > Now computers seem to come across as less productive
> > when things are pleasing to the eye, but one can
> > create a blazing fast desktop that depresses people to
> > look at thus reducing productivity, or one can make a
> > visually pleasing desktop and perhaps apps won't fire
> > up quite as fast but if the worker is happier, the
> > work will probably get done quicker.
> > 
> > Jonathan
> 
> Ok - I have to agree with that - but with a minor theme change I'm
> personally happy - others may not be. I have so much work to do that I
> can't really care about "looks" though - but given an ample amount of
> "extra" time I might think about such things. Otherwise, I have to make
> money, and be productive - so transparency is the lowest on my
> priorities list for a WM and desktop...
> 
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